Can you solve this sleep medicine-themed crossword puzzle, designed specifically for Sleep Review readers? A hard copy published in the March/April 2019 issue.
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Across
1 Method of monitoring human rest/activity cycles
7 Under
8 Condition in which the alveoli are damaged
10 Quantity, abbr.
11 An airway clearance technique in which the person blows out many times through a _____ PEP device
15 Government body that regulates commercial truck drivers, abbr.
16 Pain reliever
18 Shallow breathing
21 Against
23 CPAP setting
25 ___ existing condition
27 CPAP attachment
29 Light beam
30 Nasal passages
Down
1 Enlarged mass of lymphoid tissue at the back of the nasopharynx
2 Rx amount, abbr.
3 Chap
4 Risk factor in sleep apnea
5 System for warming a house; its setting can be a factor in insomnia
6 Acting in such a way as to block a passage
7 There are 4 of them in sleep
9 Baseball star Maglie
12 Symptom of narcolepsy
13 Meadow
14 No longer asleep
17 Noted period of time
18 ____ somnolence, excessive sleepiness
19 ____ out, lose consciousness
20 Had something to eat
22 Short daytime sleep periods
24 Genetic cell material, abbr.
26 ___ eye, possible indicator of having had little sleep
27 Inert gas symbol (used in some balloons)
28 Operating system, abbr.
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